Not able to click on "SAVE" Bbutton in Python Selenium - Chrome

Question

Hi I do have the below codes for the Save Button that needs to be clicked using Python Selenium.

1 <button ngcontent-jkv-c423-" " type="button" mat-raised-button=" " id="btnSave" class="mat-focus-indicator mat-raised-button mat-button-base mat-none mat_animation-noopable ng-star-inserted" data-dtname="Work.save"> 
2 <span class="mat-button-wrapper">
3 <span ngcontent-jkv-c423="" data-dtname="Work.save">
4 <i _ngcontent-jkv-c423-"" aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-save">
5 </i> 
6 "Save "
7 </span>
8 </span>
9 <span matripple=" " class="mat-ripple mat-button-ripple">
10 </span><span class="mat-button-focus-overlay"></span>
11 </button>

T tried the following codes:

1 driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[contains(text(),'Save ')]").click()
2 driver.find_element_by_class_name("fas fa-save").click()
3 driver.find_element_by_class_name("//span[@data-dtname='Work.save']").click()

But all the above codes are throwing errors.

Is there any alternative ways to do this??

Thanks in advance.

What exceptions do you see? can you share a link to that page? — Prophet, Jul 16 '21 at 10:28

cruisepandey · Answer 1 · 2021-07-16T10:44:02.807

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Save looks like a text node so, you can not use this xpath :

//span[contains(text(),'Save ')]

your 2nd attempt looks invalid cause :-

class name with space are not supported.

and 3rd attempt :-

find_element_by_class_name("//span[@data-dtname='WorkQueue.save']")

you are passing xpath, in class name.

so, Why not id ?

driver.find_element_by_id('btnSave').click()

Update 1 :

can you launch browser in full screen mode like this.

driver.get('https://google.com')
driver.maximize_window()

edited Jul 16 '21 at 10:44

answered Jul 16 '21 at 10:29

cruisepandey

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i tried that too `selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Element is not clickable at point (916, 18). Other element would receive the click:
` but getting this exception – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 10:37
Are you launching browser in full screen ? – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 10:41
no... is that the problem?..let me try putting it in full screen – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 10:42
yes, it could be fix for the above exception – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 10:43
no..that is not the problem.. im still getting the same exception. Is there any other method to access the SAVE Button??? – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 10:44
I have updated above how you can launch the browser in full screen, Did you try ? if that does not work, we need to use ActionChains class – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 10:46
is it because of the 4th line in the code : `aria-hidden="true"`. – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 10:46
Is it visible in UI ? How do you click on this button manually ? – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 10:47
i tried with `driver.maximize_window()` but still getting the same exception. Yes the buton is vilible in UI and am able to click it manually. – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 10:50
Can you try this code :- `ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_id('btnSave')).click().perform()` to use this you will need to import this :- `from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains` – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 10:52
Hi i didn't get any exception this time, but still the code is not clicking on the Save Button. – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 11:07
The xpath for the button is :`//*[@id="btnSave"]` – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 11:14
yes, I have given you id, but `//*[@id="btnSave"]` is the equivalent xpath. if the xpath works then id should also work – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 11:32
Xpath is also not working... and ID also not working. im not getting why. – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 12:02
Where is this button located in UI ? – cruisepandey Jul 16 '21 at 13:51
Hi i did some alterations to the code and this works perfectly. As far as i understood another element is covering the element which i wanted to click , so i did the below code: `save_ele=driver.findelement_by_xpath("**full xpath of the element**)` `driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",save_ele)` the adove code works – Dreamcatcher_AR Jul 16 '21 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '21 at 14:06

As far as i understood another element is covering the element which i wanted to click , so i did the below code:

save_ele=driver.findelement_by_xpath("**full xpath of the element**)
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click()",save_ele)

This is working fine for me.

Not able to click on "SAVE" Bbutton in Python Selenium - Chrome

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